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THE
ATABEG TÜRKMENS (12th and 13thC.)
The
education of the sons of commanders and important personalities had been
aimed at teaching them science and morality in order to prepare them for
public service since the era of Oguz Han. Those learned and experienced
people who educated children in this way then were called Atalik,
Ataliklar, and Atabegs.
The
Atabegs started the education of the sons of Soltans at a very early
age. Atabegs were carefully chosen from among the soldiers.
The
children of the Soltans were taught foreign languages, military
knowledge and command. The Soltans educated in this way could speak the
languages of other nations, understand world literature, and utilise the
technology of war.
This
education must have been the secret of how Seljuk Soltans with a smaller
number of troops defeated great armies of many soldiers.
From
the start of the era of Oguz Han until the Middle Ages, the countries
where the Oguz people lived were the centres of science, wisdom, and
education. Many students from China and the Byzantine Empire were sent
here in order to learn science, the art of war and related knowledge.
Those students who were taught by the Atabegs became masters |
